几何学上，单纯形或者n-单纯形是和三角形类似的n维几何体。精确的讲，单纯形是某个n维以上的欧几里得空间中的（n+1）个仿射无关（也就是每有m维平面包含m+1个点；这样的点集被称为处于一般位置）的点的集合的凸包。

例如，0-单纯形就是点，1-单纯形就是线段，2-单纯形就是三角形，3-单纯形就是四面体，而4-单纯形是一个五胞体（每种情况都包含内部）。

正单纯形是同时也是正多胞形的单纯形。正n-单纯形可以从正(n − 1)-单纯形通过将一个新顶点用同样的边长连接到所有旧顶点构造。

In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. Specifically, a k-simplex is a k-dimensional polytope which is the convex hull of its k + 1 vertices. More formally, suppose the k + 1 points are affinely independent, which means are linearly independent. Then, the simplex determined by them is the set of points